Love & Basketball (2000) Blu-ray

Sparks fly both on and off the court, in Gina Prince Bythewood’s groundbreaking, beloved feature debut.

Sparks fly both on and off the court in this groundbreaking feature debut by writer-director GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD (The Old Guard), which elevated the coming-of-age romance by giving honest expression to the challenges female athletes face in a world that doesn’t see them as equal. SANAA LATHAN (Alien vs. Predator) and OMAR EPPS (Higher Learning) make for one of the most iconic screen couples of the 2000s as the basketball-obsessed next-door neighbors who find love over flirtatious pickup games, fall apart under the strain of high-pressure college hoops and families, and drift in and out of each other’s lives as they pursue their twin aspirations of playing professionally. Aided by stellar supporting performances and an eclectic R&B soundtrack, Love & Basketball captures the intoxicating passions, heartbreaking setbacks, and sky-high ambitions that mark a young woman’s journey to the top of her game and to lasting love.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Gina Prince-Bythewood

Audio commentary from 2000 featuring Prince Bythewood and actor Sanaa Lat

Playing for Your Heart, a new making-of documentary

Editing “Love & Basketball,” a new program featuring Bythewood and editor Terilyn A. Shropshire

Audition tape excerpts and six deleted scenes

Three short films by Prince-Bythewood: Stitches (1991), Progress (1997), and Bowl of Pork (1997)

Trailer

And more!